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Terry Winograd

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The program carried out a dialog with a person (via teletype) concerning the activity of a simulated robot arm in a tabletop world of toy objects (often referred to as the 'blocks world'). The program could answer questions, carry out commands, and incorporatc new facts about ist world. It displayed the simulated world on a video screen, showing the activitjes it carried out as it moved the objects around.

Understanding is not a fixed relationship between a representation and the things represented, but is a commitment to carry out a dialog within the full horizons of both speaker and hearer in a way that permits new distinctions to emerge.

The essence of language as a human activity lies not in its ability to reflect the world, but in its characteristic of creating commitment. When we say that a person understands something, we imply that he or she has entered into the commitment implied by that understanding. But how can a computer enter into a commitment ?